Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-26
THE GRAND PARADE.
VIRGINIA MAKES A BRAVE SHOWING
IN WASHINGTON.
The Troops Reviewed by the President :
Cleveland and Lee-NOte from
tho Camp.
IspecIal loleernm % lho DIspa.ch.l

weather Tor iNc review. Inc IcpNt k""-
cred around the encsmpmcnt early, and as
The Virginia troops tavr their camr m the
most favorable portion Of the grounds they
attracted The greatest attention. hy 10
O'Clock The troop, began T. get 10 shape Tor
The p; mdc. ana an hour and q bail liier
were ia line. TaousandS OF people lined
the streets near She camp and the ether
streets aloug 'hc route ~ the proces.ion.
The Niryinans were prompt III tner
formations. The reviewing stand was IN
fIopi u the " bite House, and for many
blocks pCnns, Nanil avenue was packed,
the greatest crowd, OF course, being oppo'
site the stand.
c.EyELAND AND LEE.
Just before noon Prcsidcn, Cleveland and
MIR. cleveland arrived, accompanied by
General sheridan AND stan. \ few min
uics latpr Governor Lee appeared, accom-
panied Nv his stall, I'm iull Uniform The
President gave Governor Lee warm
greeting and heary hgnd.Shakc, and the
two Chaitcd some moments. At a quarter
past - ihC head Of the column appeared,
and toe President rose ana advanced 10 his
proper position on the stand. There was
cheering ~ The Marine Band approached
and passed, followed hv General Augur
and lis brilliant staff. Next came Gene
raj Anderson and his staff, who re-
ccivcd applause. as did the stuart lIorsc
Guards. " bich passed in handsome style.
The Drum corps OF the First Virginia clme
next, beading that REGIMENT. The Second
Virginia followed, with the HarrisOnburg
Band. The Third Virginia WAS next,
headed by the StOnewin Band, which was
applaudcd loudly. The two cOloTed con-
panics->tatc Guard aud AttuckS Guard
brought up the rear Of brigade.
VIRGINIA sALUTEs.
one thing very noticeable was the accu-
Tacy Of Saiut,s by Virginia troops. 1t Is
but siSilng plain fact 10 say that none OF
the commands which followed The brigade
st all approached Il in this particular re-
spCCt. some II tbs companies marched
well. but the movements OF others were
rather ragged. Every company was In
full-sertice dress. Toe following is COM
plCic roster 81 the brigade as it passcd ~
review:
BnglGir.Gcncral Charlie, J. An 1erson;
his stat. composed Of Major Dinneen, Ma
jor Ran dolph. Major Cary, Captain Plea
SAINTS. ard Captain Bryan.
First Buele-an1.drum corps
OF twCuty.ei-ht men; Northumberland,
NJ. l.. Spots wood; Major. J. V. Bijgood;
Adiuiant, !, II. DcrDy-hire; Quartermls-
Ter. l.. +. Christian; surgeon, C.. II. Chalk
ley; Sergeant. Major, +. c. Massey. Com
Jauy 4. Cap,ain Bo,.ieuX, thirty men;
COMPANY b, Captain II. c. Jones, foriy-two
men; Company c, CAptlin Hall, twenty
five men; Company ID, Captain PeytOn,
iwcnty-siX men; Company L, Captain
Pmliip., thiriy.cight men; Company +,
4 81 ttff 4
iluy Il. Il The Fourth regiment, Captain
Harry Hodge. OF Norfolk. was attached 10
o.. regiment q, Company G, and pa
I.1bd ihiriy-thiee men.
-. cord nt-llarrisOnburg Band.
go. cu pieces; captain joseph MLitln, OF
Winchester. ting rs lieutenlnl.colonel;
Z aVtaiD 4. +. Iaium, acting Is major; @.
B. Roller acting rs adiutant. Tai, regi'
meat MS a provisional one. composed OF
TIE following companies: Winchester
Iicht Infantry. Lieutenant Il. +. TrenIry,
ioity men: llarrl.onhurg Guard, Lieuten-
ant l.. W. sullivan. fOfty-twO men; An
Cers0n Guard, Captain j. W. Msgruder;
Il. L.. Lee BIT cry, OF Peter, burg, acting as
Captain John Truesneim, fifty
mcu.
Ihhd rceimcpt-Sionewal Brigade
hand, thiTty-tWO pieces; Colonel, C. &.
Lieutcnant.C0lonel. VIII
liam D1ll; MajOT, Grecnyille Gaines; Adj
iutan,. j. McD. Green; Quartermister,
=. b.. IoWp,r: COmmlssry. j. {. Colin;
Chaplain, Il. *. ActrCe; surgeon, G.. L.
Klap>lcin sergeant Major, L. l.. Robin
son. C0Mpny \. DInvlllc Grays, Cap.
tain A. l.. DuDciu, thirty-tw0 men; Com
pauv y. Monticello Guard, Captain
Thomas :. Keller, thirty men; Com.
panv +. Alexandra Light Infantry. Cap
ilin Mu,hhlck. forty four men; Com
pany e.. j. ed,ricksburg Rifles, Captain
Tuner MclWcNeu, thirty men: Company
H. Habvilo Blues. Captain John \. Hern'
Con. j., thirty-twO men; Company Is,
v.fi~ykanla Guards, Capf4iu l.. II. Pigg,
sixteen men fiiz Lee Troop Cavalry,
.rt9in J. Il. Page, Lynchburg. a infan-
-, thiriy-tHO mCn.
The First battalion (coloTed), Captains
Piul ara scott. eighty. three men. pissed Ia
ouO.c rabk anu made good appearance
ROUTE OF MARCH.
The route of march was up the avenue
instead Cl down u, a. j. usual. The route
tehtI to-day vas proper, as II threw the re-
ON the rignt. The distance
covered rs tlrtToopS was about four miles.
The PROCESSION required about three quar-
fer, OF 90 Iuur To- pass given point. The
streets were h.f. aud the troops looked
isdCd before ih,y reached camp. Miny
men fcil out; bat, 10 the credit Of the Nir-
gluia Diil3d,, 10 only lost two men In TINS
way. These were al right in little time
after thCg gel 10 camp.
Governor Ire wa, accompanied Nv MS
little ION. Fuz, and the LATTER shared in his
father, aCmiia'ion OF the brigade.
sUTEEB MARCHING.
Tie marching OF some Of the companies
i'm TIE provisional baltaliOns was SUPERB
the Mu,c.tiut E'iies being noted, a. well as
tlieNick.bur. S1uthrous and LomaX Rifles.
The Governor, Guard, OF Raleigh, \. c.,
Wa, in th. SlAtu Provisional battalion, CON.
mlnGed Dos colonel j. I. Anthony, OF
Cusr'otic. =. G.. This company. in its
r,h Gceu uniform, passed in handsome
,tylc IN platoon, with forty men, and The
President !. aid u a compliment OF special
mention, r,mlikug u C0l"ne' King, OF the
TurDd ~if,, army VINO stood beside bin,
that u w, d Ycsy G1e organization.
Two Of tlr NON tcr~ OF the Governors
CuaiG were affected bN beat, and soon after
ilclcfurn Co camp were taken o. the sd
miIAlle aoid hospital, of which Miss cara
EllIan 81. 90 cirge. Iuey soon recovered
Tie stanton artillery did not plrticiplte
10 theI,liew with the Second regiment 10.
cav, BIT it. ttirly men, under cOmmnd OF
Captain u. Long, did DUTY as camp guard
during tie InsCucc OF the other troops.
yIEGNiA's STRENGTH.
Hcpofts made to General Anderson gave
the strength Of the brigade as II passed in
review q. iollows: Brigade staff, D; stuart
Iol-c Guards. 80; FIRST regiment, 2jJ;
second regiment. iSG; Third regiment,
-IS: First cOiorcd battalion, S3-total, 'G9.
Colonel q. 4. "a .rtcn5akrr was held-oin'
c,r Of TIE 0ay in the virginia camp 0.dly.
NirgiDi4us coutnue TO maintain then
Lish reputation for thorough guard duty.
HEALTH.
General Anderson reports that the health
pf bl. entire cOfnmaud Is excellent. Not q
.,nele man il reported in the hospital.
Rc9lmentd quarters are well supplied
with flowers, aud Colonel NertehOdAer
smiinciy remarked that Tie ladies never
forget TIE Tnird Virginia.
Colonel SpOt.WoOd, at the conclusion OF
lie review, u afchtd the First regiment TO
The Grill ground for the competitive drill
with The Second Ohio regiment. These
sre TIE only entries for this con-
tcst. The regiment began drilling just
before 9 O'Clock, and msuguyred for
half an hour IN toe presence OF the judges
and If an audience Of over four thousand
peroN. ~ the conclusion OF The drill
he regiment was Inspected In columns OF
companies, and ~ rapidly As the army OIL
90 o..r.t. f.ta1 fhe.e iusnpctiOns the con-